Critical reviews/writing on Tears of the Kingdom

June 12, 2023 5:21 AM

So, we all love the latest Zelda game (Tears of the Kingdom - TOTK), and so do the critics. But now that we and the game journalists all have hundreds of hours of playtime under our belts, have any thoughtful, well written critical takes on Nintendo's latest masterpiece been written?

I know at the beginning there were a few knee jerk reviews that tried to stand out. I am looking for well written, thoughtful, but ultimately critical takes on TOTK. People who have more to say than just gushing about Ultrahand. People who have perhaps done a thoughtful comparison with BOTW at a design level, and come out with some negative feedback on the game overall.

This is not because I don't like the game - far from it - but I would love to read some balanced analysis before I venture my own (potentially critical) takes on the game.

Thanks

posted by 0bvious to Computers & Internet (3 answers total)

Wired and The Verge had (relatively) long and (pretty) nuanced takes.
posted by box at 5:34 AM on June 12, 2023 [1 favorite]

Not a super long one, but I agreed with this take from Nintendo Life's Soapbox series.
posted by Teadog at 6:15 AM on June 12, 2023 [1 favorite]

Zero Punctuation did a fairly reasonable critique of parts of the design, while also being a very silly Zero Punctuation piss-take in a five minute animated video.
posted by FatherDagon at 7:34 AM on June 13, 2023